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Show To make it clear , for instance 186 , going down ( would -would would ) ( liave have ) a channel probably fifty feet ( wide -wide wide ) going down , and when came back up , this ( fifty-foot fiftyfoot ) channel he , speaks of ( wouldn't wouldnt ) admit of the boat coming back up , because the sand bars and the gravel had shifted , hence , had to take the other side , where ( they -they they ) found more water . The volume of ( water -water water ) should be more ; had more when came back up than when went down ; the river was rising instead of receding . ( R . 682-683 . ) Can not tell where this place ( was -was was ) . There ( were -were were ) good many different places , on the river ; several . ( R . 683 . ) Further examination ( R . Vol . 4 , pp . ( 684r- 684r 684- ) 686 ) : The power ( wouldn't wouldnt ) stem this cataract . A few ( places -place's places ) ( couldn't couldnt ) make it at all . If he had had power from his observation he , , ( does -does does ) not believe he could have got through there . . ( R . 684 . ) He was not positive whether the preliminary ( survey -survey survey ) on the river before the launching of the City of Moab ( went -went went ) as far as the Slide on the Colorado River or not . The boat was constructed for the purpose of ( transferring -transferring transferring ) passengers and freight on the rivers and it was anticipated that freight could be ( car- car ) ( ried Yied ) cheaper between Greenriver andMioab by way of the rivers than overland by road . ( R . 684-685 . ) If the navigation had proved successful he ( ex- ex ) pected to carry freight cheaper than he could carry |